The 10 Easiest Cities To Get Laid In California For 2025

The easiest cities to get laid in California are Berkeley and Santa Monica for 2025 based on Saturday Night Science.

There are a number of party hot spots in California.

For example, Santa Monica, California has been called one of the biggest party towns in the nation. And you can see why. It has many college kids, a very young population, and frankly, there’s a huge bar scene.

But is it the best city to score in? The purpose of this post is to use Saturday Night Science and data to determine which places are the easiest you could go in California if you wanted to hook up with someone.

After analyzing 441 of the state’s most populous areas (over 10,000 people), we came up with this list as the ten easiest places to get laid in the state of California.

Don’t freak out.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


Places To Get Laid In California Map

You might be thinking, “Berkeley?!” Why haven’t I gone there before?

Well if you live in Berkeley, you’re probably already aware of the pure excitement level, based on the criteria we list below. And if you’re not already regularly hooking up there. Well, then there’s nothing we can do about that.

Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and see how the places in California near you fared. We’ve got the complete list of the most populous cities below so you know where to go and where to avoid on your next road trip.

The hardest place to get lucky in California, according to science? That would be Rosamond. More on that later.

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The 10 Easiest Places To Get Laid In California For 2025

Berkeley, CA

Source: Wikipedia User User:Introvert | CC BY-SA 2.5
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Get Laid Score: 90.7
Rank Last Year: 1 (No Change)
Population: 120,223
Bars: 31
Colleges: 13
More on Berkeley: Data

Santa Monica, CA

Source: Wikipedia User Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee) | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Get Laid Score: 87.0
Rank Last Year: 3 (Up 1)
Population: 91,535
Bars: 13
Colleges: 2
More on Santa Monica: Data

Monterey Park, CA

Source: Wikipedia User King of Hearts | GFDL
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Get Laid Score: 81.7
Rank Last Year: 5 (Up 2)
Population: 59,639
Bars: 2
Colleges: 1
More on Monterey Park: Data

Davis, CA

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Get Laid Score: 80.7
Rank Last Year: 4 (No Change)
Population: 66,801
Bars: 9
Colleges: 1
More on Davis: Data

Pasadena, CA

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Get Laid Score: 78.2
Rank Last Year: 6 (Up 1)
Population: 136,462
Bars: 15
Colleges: 7
More on Pasadena: Data

Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

Get Laid Score: 77.4
Rank Last Year: 2 (Down 4)
Population: 17,958
Bars: 6
Colleges: 1
More on Stanford: Data

Oakland, CA

Source: Wikipedia User Basil D Soufi | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Get Laid Score: 76.1
Rank Last Year: 7 (No Change)
Population: 438,072
Bars: 59
Colleges: 10
More on Oakland: Data

Santa Barbara, CA

Source: Wikipedia User Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Get Laid Score: 75.9
Rank Last Year: 10 (Up 2)
Population: 88,024
Bars: 11
Colleges: 6
More on Santa Barbara: Data

Glendale, CA

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Get Laid Score: 75.6
Rank Last Year: 8 (Down 1)
Population: 192,270
Bars: 19
Colleges: 1
More on Glendale: Data

Arcata, CA

Source: Wikipedia User Tony | CC BY 2.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Get Laid Score: 74.8
Rank Last Year: 27 (Up 17)
Population: 18,578
Bars: 3
Colleges: 1
More on Arcata: Data

Methodology: How we crunched the numbers for getting laid in the Golden State

We know we are answering a bar topic with this one, but that’s exactly why we use Saturday Night Science.

To rank the chances where you’re most likely to get laid in California, we had to determine what criteria help people hook up. It isn’t a stretch to assume that people will get frisky with plenty of young singles, areas where people aren’t married and have kids, and areas with lots of adult things to do.

With that in mind, we used the most recent 2019-2023 American Community Survey Census data produced for the state of California. And we paired it up with data from OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 and colleges from IPEDS.

Can’t really get any better data than that.

We paid particular attention to:

  • Population density
  • % of population that’s female (More females than males)
  • % of unmarried people in each city
  • % of households with kids in each city
  • Colleges per capita
  • Bars per capita

We then gave each city a “Chance To Get Laid Score.”

The higher the score, the better the city is for getting lucky. We also limited our results to cities with over 10,000 people. For California, that meant a total of 441 cities.

This article is based on facts and is meant as infotainment. We updated this article for 2025, and it’s our tenth time ranking the easiest cities to get laid in California.

There You Have It – The Best Cities for Getting Some in California for 2025

If you’re looking at cities in California where it’s easy to get laid because the population is young, single and ready to party, this is an accurate list.

The best cities to get laid in California are Berkeley, Santa Monica, Monterey Park, Davis, Pasadena, Stanford, Oakland, Santa Barbara, Glendale, and Arcata.

Who ever said science is a bore?

If you’re also curious enough, here are the hardest places to get laid in California, according to science:

  1. Rosamond
  2. San Diego Country Estates
  3. Eastvale

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Detailed List Of The Best Cities For Getting Laid In California For 2025

RankCityPopulationMedian IncomeBars
1Berkeley, CA120,223$108,55831
2Santa Monica, CA91,535$109,73913
3Monterey Park, CA59,639$77,6052
4Davis, CA66,801$87,4219
5Pasadena, CA136,462$103,77815
6Stanford, CA17,958$70,6516
7Oakland, CA438,072$97,36959
8Santa Barbara, CA88,024$101,67211
9Glendale, CA192,270$84,26219
10Arcata, CA18,578$48,7313
11Loma Linda, CA25,021$82,8242
12Ukiah, CA16,419$67,1224
13Isla Vista, CA13,717$24,4283
14San Francisco, CA836,321$141,4462
15San Mateo, CA103,555$152,6699
16Santa Cruz, CA60,953$111,42725
17Los Angeles, CA3,857,897$80,36676
18Palm Desert, CA51,551$79,5085
19San Rafael, CA60,604$109,31711
20Duarte, CA21,921$97,9522
21Rosemead, CA50,340$72,24833
22San Luis Obispo, CA48,039$66,71110
23Claremont, CA36,553$122,1272
24West Covina, CA107,436$98,5703
25Alameda, CA76,876$132,01518
26Cypress, CA49,531$124,1672
27Saratoga, CA30,335$241,3482
28Long Beach, CA458,491$83,9695
29Aliso Viejo, CA51,320$137,9703
30Anaheim, CA344,553$90,58328
31El Cajon, CA104,909$66,4783
32Laguna Woods, CA17,342$60,2352
33Torrance, CA143,499$113,1054
34Monterey, CA29,772$104,1108
35West Carson, CA21,909$95,3852
36La Mirada, CA46,945$110,1772
37Downey, CA111,793$87,4002
38Emeryville, CA12,756$120,3022
39Walnut, CA27,857$133,7622
40Palo Alto, CA67,231$220,40816
41Beverly Hills, CA31,955$127,9794
42Fountain Valley, CA56,358$111,7972
43Azusa, CA49,318$85,7272
44Fullerton, CA141,278$104,21912
45Vallejo, CA124,637$89,4963
46Santa Paula, CA31,202$77,1302
47Irvine, CA308,160$129,6478
48Belmont, CA27,505$207,6092
49Costa Mesa, CA110,538$110,0734
50Santa Clara, CA129,239$173,67011
51San Pablo, CA31,771$78,2152
52Pomona, CA148,391$78,8694
53Carson, CA93,523$107,3912
54Sacramento, CA524,802$83,75328
55Santa Fe Springs, CA19,310$86,8572
56Chico, CA102,032$67,9292
57Pleasant Hill, CA34,335$144,5132
58Redlands, CA72,985$99,1582
59Reedley, CA25,446$62,9232
60Compton, CA93,525$74,2702
61Alhambra, CA81,483$85,1893
62Whittier, CA85,925$92,3742
63Watsonville, CA51,968$74,7852
64Camarillo, CA70,244$109,3903
65La Verne, CA30,804$104,5652
66El Monte, CA107,066$64,4842
67Inglewood, CA105,575$71,0293
68South Lake Tahoe, CA21,319$73,9405
69Seaside, CA31,964$82,3032
70Pittsburg, CA75,868$101,0993
71San Dimas, CA34,099$105,8332
72San Diego, CA1,385,061$104,32144
73Gardena, CA59,765$79,2913
74Baldwin Park, CA70,720$79,0872
75Santa Rosa, CA177,216$97,4103
76Eureka, CA26,302$60,2535
77Huntington Beach, CA196,010$119,8855
78Stockton, CA320,470$76,8514
79Artesia, CA16,044$97,7122
80Mission Viejo, CA92,415$136,0714
81Moraga, CA16,790$199,8002
82Napa, CA78,816$102,2312
83Turlock, CA72,400$79,80721
84East Palo Alto, CA29,143$104,8322
85Larkspur, CA12,856$134,7444
86Ashland, CA22,784$81,6042
87Covina, CA50,143$94,7923
88Los Alamitos, CA11,784$98,5392
89Westmont, CA34,291$47,8992
90Albany, CA19,768$135,9275
91Escondido, CA149,913$84,4776
92Redding, CA93,268$69,4433
93Pacific Grove, CA15,003$105,5682
94San Jose, CA990,054$141,56572
95Hawthorne, CA85,933$72,7193
96Hayward, CA159,201$113,77512
97San Anselmo, CA12,711$170,4573
98West Hollywood, CA35,090$94,8444
99Oceanside, CA172,542$93,7245
100Arcadia, CA55,550$116,1422
Nick Johnson
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Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

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